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Being Green is Good for San Diego Business

  Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images North America Last month, in upwards of 200,000 locals and tourists alike, descended upon two staples of summertime in San Diego: Opening Day at the Del Mar Racetrack and …

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Notes from the International Waterkeeper Alliance Conference

Last month I went to Chicago for the annual International Waterkeeper Alliance conference.  I packed up to the last minute, alternating throwing clothes into my suitcase with frantic last minute emails and calls to make …

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SB 568 – The California Polystyrene Food Container Ban

  San Diego Coastkeeper and the San Diego chapter of the Surfrider Foundation have been working together for years to organize twice-monthly beach cleanups. Plastic foam (expanded polystyrene, known by the trade name Styrofoam™) has …

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San Diego Showdown: IPR vs. Purple Pipes

This is the fourth of a 5-part blog series examining the nature of our local water supply and how to increase the reliability of our supplies now and into the future. Today’s match-up features two …

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Plastic Pollution Reaches Fish Thousand of Miles Away in the Ocean

In 2009, researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography traveled across to North Pacific Subtropical Gyre to reseach effects of plastic pollution on sealife. During the long periods of sampling and testing, Scripps found that nearly …

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Morning After Marshamallow Mess

The Clean Beach Coalition prepared for last weekend’s Fourth of July madness by putting up 200 extra trash and recycling bins to manage the weekend’s waste as well as tried to get the word out to the …

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Hello From San Diego Coastkeeper’s New Executive Director

Photo Credit 9MPhoto.com It is truly a privilege and honor to join San Diego Coastkeeper. It is where I want to be, and I can’t wait to meet you. As I see it, Coastkeeper represents …

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San Diego Coastkeeper Water Quality Monitoring Embarks on Bioassessment

During the June water monitoring event, we hired Nautilus Environmental to perform some bioassessment investigations at a few of our sampling sites. Bioassessments measure the physical habitat of streams and collect and identify the aquatic …

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Coastkeeper Staff Wins Bike to Work Challenge

Congratulations to San Diego Coastkeeper, San Diego Region’s Bike to Work Month Corporate Challenge Winners! As part of SANDAG’s Bike to Work Corporate Challenge, staff members hopped on their bikes to reduce pollution, conserve energy …

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MPA Update: Implementation Date

Great news from Stockton, CA: The Fish and Game Commission set an October 1, 2011 implementation date for the southern California marine protected areas! The network was designed to protect sea life and habitats at …

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Being Green is Good for San Diego Business

  Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images North America Last month, in upwards of 200,000 locals and tourists alike, descended upon two staples of summertime in San Diego: Opening Day at the Del Mar Racetrack and …

Read More

Notes from the International Waterkeeper Alliance Conference

Last month I went to Chicago for the annual International Waterkeeper Alliance conference.  I packed up to the last minute, alternating throwing clothes into my suitcase with frantic last minute emails and calls to make …

Read More

SB 568 – The California Polystyrene Food Container Ban

  San Diego Coastkeeper and the San Diego chapter of the Surfrider Foundation have been working together for years to organize twice-monthly beach cleanups. Plastic foam (expanded polystyrene, known by the trade name Styrofoam™) has …

Read More

San Diego Showdown: IPR vs. Purple Pipes

This is the fourth of a 5-part blog series examining the nature of our local water supply and how to increase the reliability of our supplies now and into the future. Today’s match-up features two …

Read More

Plastic Pollution Reaches Fish Thousand of Miles Away in the Ocean

In 2009, researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography traveled across to North Pacific Subtropical Gyre to reseach effects of plastic pollution on sealife. During the long periods of sampling and testing, Scripps found that nearly …

Read More

Morning After Marshamallow Mess

The Clean Beach Coalition prepared for last weekend’s Fourth of July madness by putting up 200 extra trash and recycling bins to manage the weekend’s waste as well as tried to get the word out to the …

Read More

Hello From San Diego Coastkeeper’s New Executive Director

Photo Credit 9MPhoto.com It is truly a privilege and honor to join San Diego Coastkeeper. It is where I want to be, and I can’t wait to meet you. As I see it, Coastkeeper represents …

Read More

San Diego Coastkeeper Water Quality Monitoring Embarks on Bioassessment

During the June water monitoring event, we hired Nautilus Environmental to perform some bioassessment investigations at a few of our sampling sites. Bioassessments measure the physical habitat of streams and collect and identify the aquatic …

Read More

Coastkeeper Staff Wins Bike to Work Challenge

Congratulations to San Diego Coastkeeper, San Diego Region’s Bike to Work Month Corporate Challenge Winners! As part of SANDAG’s Bike to Work Corporate Challenge, staff members hopped on their bikes to reduce pollution, conserve energy …

Read More

MPA Update: Implementation Date

Great news from Stockton, CA: The Fish and Game Commission set an October 1, 2011 implementation date for the southern California marine protected areas! The network was designed to protect sea life and habitats at …

Read More